Public servants’ blind loyalty perilous

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

Isn’t it sad when public servants blindly defend their principals’ indefensible conduct, and it backfires, says Moshoeshoe Monare.

Concourt powers need review: Zuma

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

President Jacob Zuma believes that there is a need to “review the Constitutional Court’s powers”.

Malema may mobilise the ‘walking wounded’

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

It will be a fatal error for Julius Malema to believe that Zuma’s enemies are his friends. Some of Zuma’s opponents actually celebrated Juju’s demise on Saturday. ...

ANC reaps bitter fruits of ill discipline

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

It was the loudest shouters and not the deepest thinkers who wielded raw power at the Limpopo conference.

The dirty side of political economy

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

A BUSINESSMAN once negotiated a contract with a provincial government. It was successful. But he was called in by a senior government official just before the deal ...

Kader and Mbeki: sour grapes?

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

It is quite illuminating, but somewhat startling, that the late ANC stalwart Kader Asmal did not adore his former boss, Thabo Mbeki, that much.

This town ain’t big enough

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

Julius Malema should start preparing for life outside the ANC. He might as well prepare for a taxing and hawkish duel with Sars and the Hawks. The national disciplinary ...

Why Zuma overlooks Moseneke

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

Unless he has changed his mind, President Jacob Zuma resents the Constitutional Court. In fact, he wanted to review its status as the highest court in the land. ...

How can they both survive?

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

Julius Malema and President Jacob Zuma need each other to survive the political storm ahead of the ANC’s national conference next year.

Teetotaller Zuma has big hiccups

MOSHOESHOE MONARE|Published

His first term as party leader ends in less than 18 months. He won a tough general election two years ago and has steered a divided party through political turbulence. ...